Diversity Roundtable Goals

DRT Work Area Goal:Leadership: influencing diverse representation in leadership

Expand diversity training opportunities and make it more accessible to the community.

Benchmark current diversity training opportunities

Make diversity training more broadly available to the community

Move the community toward a more inclusive level of diversity in leadership.

Understand the current reality in various sectors of the community (e.g. government, nonprofit, business)

Educate business about the value of diversity in leadership for economic success

DRT Work Area Goal:Education and Awareness

Define diversity for the purpose of community building.

Evaluate and/or update the current DRT mission statement in light of the definition of diversity

Improve the environment of inclusion in area schools for K-12.

Benchmark current diversity training events targeting faculty and staff, and those targeting students

Benchmark the incorporation of diversity issues in the curriculum of area schools K-12

Evaluate the usefulness of the bibliography tool

Influence public discourse on diversity and inclusion.

Media stories (e.g. op-ed pieces, news coverage)

Diversity Summit

DRT Events/Programs

Climate Survey

Achieving a Culture that Values Diversity

Eyes on Diversity — Showed a movie featuring Jane Elliot’s blue-brown eyed exercise to over 180 people. Led discussions on the existence of discrimination, its impact, and how to stop it (June and September 2006).

Distributed a Diversity Resource Guide for grades K-12 to all public, private, and charter schools in Tippecanoe County (2007, 2009).

Held two community forums about the impact of race, gender, and age on 2008 presidential election (2008).

Facilitated a panel discussion with leaders of all local law enforcement agencies in Tippecanoe County (2008).

Diversity Strengthens Summits I-IV. Raised awareness that diversity issues exist in our community and helped build skills to succeed in a global community. Each year, over 100 participated (Spring 2003 through 2009).

Two specific areas have focused efforts: Education/Awareness, and Leadership. The many issues and challenges in our diverse community have been identified and grouped. The objectives of each group are listed in this brochure.